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    cyclone”. These can also be identified as typhoons.The tropical storms winds must reach at least 74 mph to be considered a hurricane. Anything below this is just considered a tropical depression or a tropical storm. Hurricanes usually only occur in the Atlantic Hurricane season (June 1-November 30). Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. They use the warm moist air as fuel at the bottom of the hurricane. As the huge storm produces high wind speeds‚ it causes water to evaporate.The water vapor evaporates

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    pollutants than smaller smoke stacks because of the greater volume of air. A taller smoke stack would generally improve the air quality in the surrounding area but would also cause a larger area to be polluted because it would be pushed out further by the winds. During the cooler parts of the day‚ which is considered a stable inversion‚ the taller stack is able to disperse the smoke over a larger area rather than a smaller smoke stack which contaminates the surrounding area more in the relatively unstable

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    Weather

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    Bibliography: A.E.Gill‚ 1980. Some simple solutions for heat induced tropic circulation. Quart.J.R.Met.SOC‚ 106(1)‚ pp. 447-462. Alan Strahler‚ A. S.‚ 1996. Global Wind and Pressure Patterns. In: Physical Geography Science and Systems of the Human Environment. USA: Ruttle‚ Shaw‚ & Wetherill‚ Inc.‚ pp. 131-132. Alan Strahler‚ A. s.‚ 2000. Jet Streams. In: A. s. Alan Strahler‚ ed. Introducing Physical Geography‚ 2nd

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    1. The larger pebbles tend to build up making the slope bumpy(less steep) however smaller ones will spread out and even out more making the slope smoother‚ steeper. 2. The wind is stronger in some parts of porlock bay than others‚ making waves stronger and more powerful. I think wind is the most important factor. 3. I think the steepest beach will be Hurlstone because it’s the end of the beach where pebbles will be at their smallest and roundest due to erosion.

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    hand‚ if a tornadoes decide to strike it can cost about 500 million dollars. To be prepared for a tornado or hurricane you must know three biggest effects they can have‚ enormous wind‚ gigantic size‚ and were 90 percent of time are located. To begin with‚ the first effects is their heavy-duty wind. Their heavy-duty wind is one of the most dangerous effects a hurricane or tornadoes. According to National Geographic Channel‚ there is different

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    Contrast Essay Imagine tensely watching the meteorologist tell you if you are in complete danger. The risk has been reduced to a watch for the disastrous tornado! You’re not sure if that is completely accurate information because you can hear the wind around you picking up‚ rapidly. You look out your window‚ just to see the tornado forming. The thunderstorm outside has touched the ground! The meteorologist sets out a warning. You speed to you basement and have no time to rush to get all of your

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    Wind rushed passed‚ slamming the front door shut behind me. The harsh gust caused the wind chimes hanging from my front porch to become entangled in an unpleasant sounding mess. Rain shot down from the dark sky‚ like small volts of electricity‚ stinging my face with each droplet. My neighbors‚ decked in rain coats and rubber boots‚ forced my sister and I along the sidewalk. Tornado sirens were screaming in the distance for what had seemed like hours. I had known they were far off‚ but they felt so

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    strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years. Hurricanes all start in tropical waters because they can only start in warm waters. The wind and air conditions must be just right‚ and once a hurricane is started it can be moved around by powerful winds. They are basically a very deadly cyclone of wind and water. They range from category 1 to category 5‚ with 5 being the worst. The most deadly hurricane was on September 8th‚ 1900 in Galveston‚ Texas. Hurricane Katrina

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    becomes very hot. There is not a breath of wind. Patches of dark clouds gradually spread in the sky. At last‚ the sky become dark. A storm sets in. The wind then begins to blow violently. From these we can understand that a cyclone will begin. The actual cyclone Then it rains very heavily. Flashes of lightning are seen. Thunders begin to peal loudly. The wind begins to blow furiously. It blows forward forming circles. There is a roaring noise. The wind continues to blow for some hours. Sometimes

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    tornado-forming thunderstorms have formed in low-pressured areas. “You need warm‚ moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cool‚ dry air from Canada. When these two air masses meet‚ they create instability in the atmosphere. A change in wind direction and an increase in wind speed with increasing height creates an invisible‚ horizontal spinning effect in the lower atmosphere” (WeatherWizKids). Chasing each other back and forth‚ the warm air and cool air make a spinning column. In addition‚ the

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